Would you recommend the product? No |
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| Rating: 0

Pros:

First and third ingredients are named meat products. A decent amount of meat in the food.

Cons:

Uses brewers rice, rice flour and beet pulp as fillers.

The first and third ingredients in this food are named meat sources. Brewers rice is the second ingredient in the food. Brewers rice is a low quality grain and by-product. Rice flour is a grain fragment which we consider to be a filler.

Beet pulp is another controversial ingredient – it is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food especially so high on the ingredient list. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required. We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs rather than egg product in the food.

Overall, there is a decent amount of meat products in this food, and more than most in this class. The product receives a low rating because of its use of low quality grains and fillers.